 Daniela Gassmann in 2016 | |
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Daniela Gassmann (born 23 July 1964) is a Swiss cyclist. She competed in the women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1] Gassman has come first in the 2011 and 2012 Zermatt Marathon. [2] [3]
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Events in the year 1988 in Portugal.
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